House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hosts a small businesswomen forum in Denver today.

The representatives said they were not there to talk, but rather to listen. And the approximately 100 people in the audience did the same. No questions were taken from the audience at the event. Press were invited to ask a few questions at the microphone at the tail end of the event.

The ones speaking were the panelists, diverse in background, each for about seven minutes about their concerns surrounding doing business in Colorado and as a woman.

The panelists laid out their concerns for the representatives who had pens in-hand.

The top of their list of concerns included: encouraging more free-trade agreements outside of the U.S.: extending tax credits to small business owners and paying them sooner; easing access to capital; and preserving financial aid for students so the work force can continue to grow.

Pelosi and DeGette said they would take their thoughts back to Washington with them at the end of the recess.

Recently, DeGette has drawn the criticism of Colorado GOP Chairman for having a “dismal track record of holding town hall meetings.” She has held one telephone town hall during the recess, making her time off the least public of the Colorado delegation, Allison Sherry reported earlier in the week.

“Recently, DeGette has drawn the criticism of Colorado GOP Chairman for having a ‘dismal track record of holding town hall meetings.'”
Why have a town hall when the teabaggers will disrupt it? They have done it before and the state republican party chair knows that would happen again. So, the GOP would win either way.

David Johnson

DeGette was shying away from town hall meetings during the Obamacare non-debate, she refused to hold live town hall meetings. She was deathly afraid to face her constituents when the Tea Party was just in the talking stages. As for disruptive tactics, who disrupted The Madison Wisconsin deliberations over collective bargaining? Was that the Tea Party or bussed in thugs from SEIU, MoveOn.org and other leftist organizations?

Concerned Citizen

Excuse me, but DeGette held at least three live town hall meetings during the health care debate, including a well-attended event at the auditorium at National Jewish Hospital. It was the Tea Party radicals — not progessives — who tried to shout down her live town meetings earlier this year, including the event with Representative Labuda.

” Congresswoman Diana DeGette and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi swooped into Denver this afternoon to sit down and chat with a hand-picked panel of female business owners.”” Congresswoman Diana DeGette and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi swooped into Denver this afternoon to sit down and chat with a hand-picked panel of female business owners.”Hand-picked panel. That’s all that has to be said. These two lefties don’t want to know how unfettered liberalism has effected to country.
Hand-picked panel. That’s all that has to be said. These two lefties don’t want to know how unfettered liberalism has effected to country.

Democratic Captain

The word on the street is that long-time activist Gene Lucero will primary DeGette. Lucero isn’t obsessed with abortion and will hold town hall meetings.

Joanne

hand-picked panel of female business owners.
Pelosi and DeGette said they would take their thoughts back to Washington with them at the end of the recess.

Hand picked by who? and why was it not open to all female business owners and that is all they will do is take there thoughts back with them and do nothing !

Echinopsia

And a woman voting for a Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

Good thing we outnumber you and live longer.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y7BXAZ32CJL3ZX6UECTHSAKWPM The Wilk

These two are so anti-business that I can’t believe the The Denver post, mouthpiece for the N Y times, has the guts to piblish this article! Time after time, these hens vote anti-business. I can’t believe the residents of Degette’s district are stupid enough to fall for her extreme style od Socialism…unless they are all on welfare!

epl

I can only assume that you intend to (or already have) opt out of Medicare and purchase purely private health insurance once you reach 65 years of age. It will be expensive (seniors are generally uninsurable), yes, but at least you will not be benefitting from any “extreme style of Socialism,” which Medicare plainly is. For you to not opt out of Medicare would be somewhat hypocritcal and I can tell from your post that you’re clearly not a hypocrite. While you’re at it, you should probably start saving for a private military since we have a fully socialized military and our continued failure to hire private soldiers to protect each of us individually is continuing to further the “extreme style of Socialism.” Oh, and how could I forget the USPS! From now on, everything (including letters) should be shipped UPS, FedEx or DHL since government subsized postal delivery is clearly an “extreme style of Socialism.”

Rich

Gramatical error…you can’t use “Pelosi” or “DeGette” in the same sentence as “business”.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.